Kongo nail figure hammered down at four times estimate
A tribal art sale held by Lempertz (26/20% buyer’s premium) in Brussels earlier this year was led by an exceptional nkisi nkondi figure. Guided at €70,000-80,000, it hammered at €320,000 (£264,500).
These ‘nail fetish’ figures, made by Kongo peoples living at the mouth of the Congo River, were lo…